Combination carbonating and bottle filling machine



June 20, 1939. v w. BosT M 2,163,267

COMBINATION CARBONATINGAND BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE Filed April 15, 1936 ATTORNEY Patented June 20, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION CARBONATIN G AND BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE William E. Bostelmann, Elmwood Park, Ill.

Application April 13, 1936, Serial No. 74,095

4 Claims. (01. 226-69) This invention relates to an improved com- Mounted on the intake pipe 26 and extending bination carbonating and bottle filling machine, through the upper area of the carbonating chamand has, for one of its principal objects, the prober I6 is a plurality of bafiie plates 38 as is usual vision of a unitary structure which shall combine in these carbonating devices, and beneath the 5 the features of a liquid carbonating mechanism baffle plates 38' is a space where the charged 5 and a bottle filling device. water collects, the level of the same being regu- One of the important objects of this invention lated by means of a float 40. This float is conis to produce, in a single mechanism, a combined nected to a switch device 42 which controls the means for charging water with carbon dioxide, operation of the motor I8, and the float also 10 and also include in the apparatus, a bottle fillcontrols the operation of. the usual snifter or 10 ing mechanism, whereby plain clear water can excess air elimination tube 44. be taken into a single apparatus and delivered Fitted into the top of the carbonating chamto the bottles in properly charged condition. ber I6 is an inlet pipe 46 through which the car- Other objects of the invention will consist bon dioxide gas is introduced into the chamin novel arrangements of parts and combination her, the pipe 46 following the top and side of 15 of mechanisms which will produce an efiicient the chamber and thence inwardly under the and workable apparatus of the class described. baflies 38 into the pipe 26 where it is provided Other and further important objects of the i with an upwardly-turned discharge end as invention will be apparent from the disclosures shown at 48.

in the accompanying drawing and following The upper end of the pipe 46 is provided with specification. the usual fitting 50 in which it rotates, and 20 The invention, in a preferred form, is shown mounted in the fitting is a gas inlet pipe 52. in the drawing and hereinafter more fully de- In this manner, the entire device will be enscribed. abled to rotate with the exception of the water In the drawing: intake pipe II] at the bottom of the structure The figure is a vertical sectional view of the and the gas intake pipe 52 at the top of the 25 improved combination carbonating and bottle structure. filling device of this invention, showing a pre- Also mounted in and connected with the carferred embodiment thereof. bonating chamber l6 are the usual bottle filling As shown in the drawing: devices, comprising essentially a gas discharge 30 The reference numeral l0 indicates general tube 54 which terminates near the top of the an intake pipe for plain pure Water which is to chamber and thence leads downwardly and be used in the beverages carbonated and bottled finally outwardly through a valve-supporting by the apparatus of this invention. arm 56 on the end of which is mounted the Mounted about the pipe Ill is a rotatable supusual bottle filling valve structure 58.

port l2 which is, in turn, supported and which As is usual in these bottle filling devices, other 35 can be operated by any suitable means and valve-supporting arms 60 are provided having mechanism common in the art. passages 62 therethrough for the discharge of Mounted on the support I2 is an upright l4 properly carbonated liquid therethrough, the

in the form of a hollow tube or the like which same being also controlled by a valve 58. There supports the combination carbonating and liquid is a tube 54 and a passage 62 in each and every 40 supply chamber I6. arm 56 or 60.

Also mounted on the support I2 is a motor It will be evident that herein is provided a l8 which operates a pump 20, the pump having combination water charging and bottle filling dean intake pipe 22 which is rotatably fitted over vice which will eliminate the necessity of sepathe upper end of the pipe l0 and which pipe is rate and expensive equipment which has hereprovided with a check valve 24. The pump also tofore been considered necessary in the prepais fitted with a discharge pipe 26 having a correration and bottling of carbonated beverages, sponding check valve 28, and this pipe 26 extends and by the use of apparatus such as this, the

upwardly into and almost to the top of the gas lost due to the preliminary charging of carbonating chamber 16, having fitted into the water in one mechanism and the subsequent upper end thereof a deflector cap 30 supported piping of this charged water to a bottle filling by spaced bracket elements 32. Suitable packapparatus will be avoided. ing glands 34 and 36 are provided around the Furthermore, amore compact and consequentpipes l0 and 26 to prevent leakage. 1y more efiicient device will immediately result, 6

and a. considerably less cost for this apparatus will be experienced.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction varied throughout a wide range without departing from the principles of. this invention, and I, therefore, do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than as necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A combination liquid carbonating and bottle filling mechanism, including a filling head, a fixed intake therefor for uncharged water, and a combined carbonating and bottle filling mechanism forming part of the filling head and rotatably mounted on the intake, the mechanism including a water pump and pipe line, and further means for introducing carbon dioxide into the pipe line beyond the pump and within the filling head. 7

2. A combination liquid carbonating and bottle filling mechanism, including a fixed intake pipe for uncharged water, and a combined carbonating and bottle filling mechanism rotatably mounted thereon with the pipe as an axis, the mechanism including a water pump and an extension of the fixed intake pipe in the rotatable mechanism, said extension rotatable therewith,

and further means for introducing carbon dioxide into the water pipe beyond the pump, said means including a fixed gas intake pipe and a gas charging pipe rotatably mounted in the end of the gas intake pipe.

3. A combination liquid carbonating and bottle filling mechanism, including a fixed inlet pipe for uncharged water, and a combined carbonating and bottle filling mechanism rotatably mounted on the pipe, the mechanism including a chamber, a water pump rotatable with the chamber, an extension of the water inlet pipe in the chamber and means for introducing carbon dioxide into the water pipe extension, said means including a fixed gas intake pipe and a gas charging pipe rotatably mounted in the end of the fixed pipe, said connection being at the top of the entire mechanism and'further means in the chamber to enhance gas absorption.

4. A combination carbonating and bottle 1111- 20 WILLIAM E. BOSTELMANN. 

